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The image displays the backrest of a chair adorned with intricate floral and fruit patterns. The design consists of shades of green, yellow, orange, and gold tones. The chair back features a top rail with clusters of green and orange floral motifs and fruit, followed below by a horizontal panel with a similar pattern, bridging the two vertical supports. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.
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The image displays the backrest of a chair adorned with intricate floral and fruit patterns. The design consists of shades of green, yellow, orange, and gold tones. The chair back features a top rail with clusters of green and orange floral motifs and fruit, followed below by a horizontal panel with a similar pattern, bridging the two vertical supports. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Back of Stencilled Chair

Lawrence Flynn

Date
1938
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 35.5 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 14"wide; 17"high
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.4565
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Killingworth
  • American
  • Sheraton
Inscription

lower right in black ink: Lawrence / Flynn / 1-38

NGA object ID 16767. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.